It’s the undefeated, untied, and undisputed Real AFC North champions (Chicago Bears) against the actual, real-life, counts-for-something NFC North champions (Minnesota Vikings) in the regular season finale.
Get hyped!
If the Vikings hand the Bears their 11th loss of the season, it will mean Chicago’s John Fox will have more wins against the AFC North in 2017 than he did in three years coaching against the NFC North. Yikes.
Game Info
Chicago Bears (5-10, 4th NFC North) at Minnesota Vikings (12-3, 1st NFC North) – noon, FOX-TV (Kevin Burkhardt, Charles Davis, Pam Oliver), WBBM-AM 780, WCFS-FM 105.9 (Jeff Joniak, Tom Thayer, Zach Zaidman)
Odds: Vikings (-13), Over/Under 38 via Bovada.
Game Thread and Week 17 Preview
Your game thread is down in the comments, so let’s have some good, clean (safe-for-work) fun. And hopefully, we can do this again starting next summer in the preseason.
Your Week 17 Preview lives here.
Coaches
John Fox (133-122 overall, 14-33 with Bears) vs. Mike Zimmer (38-25 overall)
Starting Quarterbacks
Bears: Mitch Trubisky: 2,015 passing yards, 7 touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 59.9 completion percentage, 78.5 rating
Last week vs. Browns: 14-23, 193 yards, 0 touchdowns, 0 interceptions, 87.8 rating
versus
Vikings: Case Keenum: 3,358 passing yards, 21 touchdowns, 7 interceptions, 67.3 completion percentage, 98.1 rating
Last week at Packers: 14-23, 139 yards, 1 touchdown, 0 interceptions, 85.2 rating
Bears Inactives
#DaBears inactive list for #CHIvsMIN. pic.twitter.com/cZR3oVW4VO
— Chicago Bears (@ChicagoBears) December 31, 2017
Bears Expected Offensive Starters
Bears Expected Defensive Starters
Bears Specialists
Vikings Inactives:
Today’s #Vikings inactives pic.twitter.com/juv3pgivMp
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) December 31, 2017